Ruwan M Jayatunge M.D. Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) was one of the most profound and influential philosophers. Nietzsche, exerts a powerful and enduring influence over modern thought. Nietzsche’s writings contain many ideas and concepts such as perspectivism, the will to power, master-slave morality, the death of God, the Übermensch (Overman) and eternal recurrence. He gave many insights into […]

Adaderana The Colombo High Court on Monday (15) granted bail to former Minister Basil Rajapaksa. The Judge also granted bail to former Economic Development Ministry Secretary Dr. Nihal Jayatilaka, former Director General of the Divineguma Department, R.R.K. Ranawaka and Divi Neguma Regional Director Bandula Thilakasiri, Ada Derana reporter said. The suspects were enlarged on a […]

Courtesy The Island One of the main reasons why the people decided to topple the Mahinda Rajapaksa regime on Jan. 8 was its excessively authoritarian character. They expected the new administration to be democratic. What we understand by ‘democratic change’ may be problematic as democracy is, as Wendy Brown says, “among the most contested and […]

C.Fernando The dictionary defines the word reconciliation” as the restoration of friendly relations. It is assumed that initially, one party already had friendly relations with another in order to restore that relationship. So, my question is how can the Foreign Minister travel all the way to the UK to have reconciliation talks with the Pro-LTTE […]

UNP, SLFP disagree on electoral system under which General Election will be held by Zacki Jabbar- Island Despite a consensus forged between the UNP and SLFP in Cabinet on Friday to increase the number of seats in Parliament to 237, the dispute over the electoral system under which the next General Election should be held […]